cold (of weather)

Theme: 
ñu-s-.áat' (ga state)
for the weather to be cold
Naish-Story: 
ñu-si-.aat'

Paradigm Forms


Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
ñusi.áat'
the weather is cold

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s: 
tlél ñoos.áat'
the weather isn't cold

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
3s: 
kei ñunas.áat'
the weather is getting cold

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
kei ñusa.áat'ch
the weather gets cold (regularly)

Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s: 
ñusi.áat' nooch
the weather is always cold

Imperfective decessive (+) (used to do it)
3s: 
ñusa.áat'in
the weather used to be cold

Imperfective decessive (-) (didn't used to do it)
3s: 
tlél ñoos.áat'in
the weather didn't used to be cold

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
ñuwsi.áat'
the weather got cold

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s: 
tlél ñuwus.áat'
the weather didn't get cold

Perfective decessive (+) (had done it, but...)
3p: 
ñuwsa.áat'in
the weather had been cold; the weather was cold (but...)

Perfective decessive (-) (had't done it, but...)
3p: 
tlél ñuwsa.áat'in
the weather hadn't been cold; the weather wasn't cold (at the time, but...)

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
ñuksa.áat'ch
the weather gets cold (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
tlél ñugus.áat'ch
the weather hasn't gotten cold yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
3s: 
kei ñuguýsa.áat'
the weather will be cold

Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s: 
tlél kei ñuguýsa.áat'
the weather won't be cold

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s: 
ñuguýsa.áat'i
let the weather be cold

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé ñuguýsi.áat'i yé
no way can the weather be cold

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
ñuguýsa.áat'in
the weather would have been cold

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
ñugas.áat'ni
if/when the weather gets cold

Example(s):

Táakwx' ñusi.áat'.
Winters are cold.